--- description: How libraries can be the next great startup incubators, why the falling divorce rate is bad news for some Americans and more. title: How to Transform Libraries Into the Next Great Startups image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # How to Transform Libraries Into the Next Great Startup Incubators by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 19, 2015 4:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 19, 2015 4:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**Libraries should be the next great startup incubators. (From March 10, 2015)**](http://www.citylab.com/work/2013/02/why-libraries-should-be-next-great-startup-incubators/4733/ "undefined") By Emily Badger in CityLab **2\.** [**The divorce rate is falling. Here’s why that’s bad news for some Americans. (From March 17, 2015)**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/03/10/the-divorce-rate-is-falling-heres-why-thats-bad-news-for-some-americans/ "undefined") By Sharadha Bain in the Washington Post **3\.** [**Can we truly redesign the experience of death? (From March 24, 2015)**](https://stories.californiasunday.com/2015-04-05/death-redesigned "undefined") By Jon Mooallem in California Sunday **4\.** [**High schools can boost grades by banning mobile phones. (From May 18, 2015)**](http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/may/16/schools-mobile-phones-academic-results "undefined") By Jamie Doward in the Guardian **5\.** [**Learning from the past: A thousand year-old Anglo Saxon remedy was just proven effective against hospital superbug MRSA. (From April 1, 2015)**](http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27263-anglo-saxon-remedy-kills-hospital-superbug-mrsa.html#.VRtk05PF%5F0o "undefined") By Clare Wilson in New Scientist  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4002311/how-to-transform-libraries-into-the-next-great-startup-incubators/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4002311/how-to-transform-libraries-into-the-next-great-startup-incubators/"},"headline":"How to Transform Libraries Into the Next Great Startup Incubators","datePublished":"2015-08-19T16:01:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:00.254Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4002311/how-to-transform-libraries-into-the-next-great-startup-incubators/","keywords":["Innovation","Death","High School","Divorce","Library","mrsa"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4002311/how-to-transform-libraries-into-the-next-great-startup-incubators/","name":"How to Transform Libraries Into the Next Great Startup Incubators"}}]}] ```